Living

Engaging in a variety of sports at a younger age helps instill skills for life

Many North Shore residents are this month making one of their most important New Year's resolutions ever.

One of the more interesting culinary trends in recent years, consider the ascent of the chef-sommelier. The time was, maybe a couple of decades ago, that kitchen and cellar only met table-side.

Lions Gate Hospital initiative helps parents honour their babies in wake of miscarriage or stillbirth

Fashion and gifts are all local and handmade

The Gift Box Buy local from two display cases dedicated to local artisans who specialize in hand-crafted gift items at CityScape Community Art Space, 335 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver. nvartscouncil.

Film industry smoke machines were recently used on a home under construction on Alpine Court to identify places of air leakage in the structure to assure its energy efficiency, a critical element of building better.

We’re right in the middle of prime navel orange season, so I’m taking advantage of that and indulging in all things orange-y. I love piercing the skin of an orange with my thumbnail to release that inimitable fragrance.

Office supply containers and drawer dividers among uses

The Artful Wooden Spoon by Joshua Vogel, Chronicle Books, 176 pages, $34. Elegant in its simplicity, the wooden spoon has claimed its place in kitchens since man first made tools.